Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice

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This text provides a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice and criminology curriculum through contributed essays designed to review and expand upon key areas of study. The text will explore and examine theory, cases, laws and policies as they have been shaped by a larger social, cultural, and historical context. Topics span the gamut of the Criminal Justice and Criminology curriculum, including crime theory, law enforcement, jurisprudence, corrections and organizations.The 21st-century officer must be a problem solver. ... Many American police
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Critical Issues in Crime and Justice: Thought, Policy, and Practice

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Mary Maguire, Dan Okada

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SAGE - 2010-02-17

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